From 67636d1aaf713ccc66ec8b2fe31edc4328c8743b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Meihm Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:43:39 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] update CONTRIBUTING.md, remove requirement to tag commits This removes any sort of requirement to prefix commit messages from the contributing guidelines. This was originally intended to provide a means to identify large changes/feature additions in the revision history. Removing this to make it easier for contributors to submit patches without requiring history revision. --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 9 +++------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 6a3179a3..badb1126 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -15,15 +15,12 @@ Take a look at the list of [issues labelled "up for grabs"](https://github.com/m ## Coding guidelines -* Commits must be prefixed with one of the following tag: - - `[doc]` for commits that update documentation - - `[minor]`, `[medium]`, `[major]` for regular commits, pick the level that - represents the importance of your commit the best. - - `[(level)/bug]` for commits that fix a bug +* Commits must be descriptive of the change that is being made to the + source code. * If your commit is linked to a github issue, please add a reference to it in the commit message. - ex: `[minor] fix bad counter on agent stats, fixes #125123` + ex: `fix bad counter on agent stats, fixes #125123` * Pull requests must represent the final state of your commit. If you spent two weeks working on code, please only submit the commits that represent the